PANIC Recording Artiste, , producer - Music practitioner… Born Tom Jones 9:29:79 (age 42) EARLY LIFE Kgn. JWI PANIC’s music is true to life… a fusion of uptown and downtown Aka Panic Kingston. The passionate singer/songwriter has been performing since his days at Calabar high school beating riddims on desk-tops and Occupation Recording Artiste rhyming dancehall joints. Songwriter, Producer Studio Engineer A child of the 80s, Panic was born in September 1979under the Zodiac sign of balance. His father’s name was Jones so his mother named him Active 2000 – present after her favourite singer the American hitmaker “Tom Jones”. He was therefore destined for music. Speaking always fondly of growing up on Genres Alternative Reggae Hope and Sales roads, and being the last of seven children. He smiles Rock Reggae Fusions when he says “I am the wash belly” – an endearing term for being your Dancehall, mother’s last child.

Son Denim Jones Growing up and being accepted in two different sides of Kingston at Mother Beverly Hutchinson the same time bridged his understanding of the ghetto and uptown Father Isaac Jones and the good and bad that came from both, so his lyrical content Siblings 3 brothers represents both. Panic took on the moniker after a jet ski accident 3 sisters resulted in his friend ‘D’ calling him the name which stuck. He had tried to swim to shore after the accident and collapsed on the beach after being rescued. PROFILE As a teenager he was spinning music and racking up dub plates with Music Stricken and spitting New Age his friends on the popular Nemesis Disco. They were known for fresh Reggae in its genre bonded style, mixes and were one of the most requested sound systems for numerous PVNICK is a Jamaican Alternative uptown events. Reggae artiste evolutionizing how we breathe fusions of rock, reggae, MUSIC JOURNEY reggae- soul, ballads and dancehall. With message militant tracks like “I’m In 1999, PANIC migrated to New York and shortly after (2000 -2001) co- Up Early” and “Shadow after Dark” Founded the successful John Shop in the Bronx, initially out and His hit track “Nah Go Change” of a need to record and produce his own music. As fate would have it which is non-conforming on loyalty, though John shop quickly became distributors of dancehall’s top tracks the artiste speaks in his own voice, and the space of choice for top producers including the likes of Tony from his own soul, with all his own Kelly. Panic caught on fast to the business of music, learning everything lyrics. from creation to distribution and becoming the studio engineer in- demand, recording most of reggae and dancehall’s top acts at the

time including Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, Elephant man, Vybz Kartel Rising from the pain of betrayal and and Sizzla kalonji. 13 years of incarceration, comes his 13Music label, his 13Movement of In (2003) PANIC met the group Rebel Emergency. After being told artistes and musicians and also the 13 about John Shop by friends, Rebel Emergency had driven from track album PANIC 8:29: I RELEASE – Canada to New York to record their demo there, making it the first time The Trilogy, dropped on that date in PANIC would engineer with a live band in studio. His knowledge of the 2020, marking the 8:29:19 prison equipment and music made it easy. The rest is history as this led to him release date. recording the catchy song “I wanna know” with the band in those sessions. With fast positive reaction to the hybrid track in both Canada PVNICK’s every signature freckle “is and New York pursuing his own recording career was again front and my reality & my resilience”. And the centre. PANIC stepped away from John Shop and teamed up with artiste is about movement of the Rebel Emergency, his brother Marlon “Plumby” Hutchinson and friend music in the vessels of change. Gordon "Commissioner Gordon" Williams top shelf